From: "niter3" 

Sm> A friend of mine and I have been looking into starting a local Chicago-bas
Sm> BBS... in looking around it seems quite disconnected I think and looking f
Sm> some guidance on how to get started. The first software I found was OpenTG
Sm> looks like there are others such as Wizard and maybe one other.
Sm> 
Sm> I'm lost and looking for a primer - anyone care to help? I ran a BBS 'back
Sm> the day' but used Wildcat! software.
Sm> Dusty

Well the most popular used now a days are Syncronet. I personally use Mystic
which I like a lot.

--- Mystic BBS v1.08 A31 (Linux)
 * Origin: Clutch BBS * telnet://clutch.darktech.org (77:1/104)

--- Internet Rex 2.29
 * Origin: The gateway at Diskshop BBS (1:250/8)